Flutterby™! : Callifornia & Police Corruption

Here's how California became the most secretive state on police misconduct:

In the 1970s, Los Angeles police officers were furious that past complaints against them increasingly were making their way into court cases.

So LAPD officials did something radical: They took more than four tons of personnel records dating to the 1940s and shredded them.

That those responsible weren't immediately charged with destruction of evidence is telling.